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Mrs. Smith from Chesapeake, VA is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Early Learners With Special Needs

Help me give my students sensory tools and weighted lap pads for daily stimulation and learning as well as calming supports.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Smith's classroom raised $664

This project is fully funded

My Project

I teach preschool students with special needs ages 3-5 years old with varying disabilities in a Title I school. Each of my students has their own unique needs and strengths and I strive to meet their individual needs so they can grow and be successful.

My little learners often do not learn like typically developing children and need extra support to make their day at school a little easier and to help them stay on task and focus.

Many of the items they would benefit from like wobble seats, weighted lap pads, fidgets and other sensory tools are not provided to me. While I do purchase many materials for my students and my classroom, some of these can be very costly. Any support would be appreciated to provide great sensory resources for my classroom to help my students.

Mrs. Smith Rena B Wright Primary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Chesapeake, VA View local requests

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

7 students impacted 13donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
TickiT SiliShapes Sensory Circles, Set of 10 • School Specialty $73.19 1 $73.19
Abilitations Fidget Cover for Weighted Lap Pad, 15 x 15 Inches • School Specialty $63.59 1 $63.59
Abilitations Medium Lap Pad, 5 Pounds, 14 x 14 Inches, Blue • School Specialty $60.22 1 $60.22
Childcraft Magnetic Building Tiles, Set of 64 • School Specialty $51.97 1 $51.97
Abilitations Inflatable CoreDisk Seat Cushion, 12 Inch Diameter • School Specialty $44.99 1 $44.99
TFH Vibrating Snake, Orange • School Specialty $42.82 1 $42.82
Classroom Select Kurve Rocker, 18 x 17 x 18 Inches • School Specialty $26.21 1 $26.21
Melissa & Doug Numbers Sound Puzzle • School Specialty $26.02 1 $26.02
Edushape Crazy Stick Puzzle • School Specialty $22.79 1 $22.79
Abilitations AbiliWeights, Dots, Pair of 2 • School Specialty $18.37 1 $18.37
Bouncyband Fidget Foot Roller • School Specialty $18.22 1 $18.22
Abilitations Gel Bead Sensory Shapes, Set of 4 • School Specialty $13.49 1 $13.49
Tangle Therapy Tangle • School Specialty $11.24 1 $11.24
Califone Hearing Safe Hearing Protector • School Specialty $5.47 1 $5.47

Materials cost

$478.59

Vendor shipping charges

$47.86

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$563.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$99.46

Total project goal

$663.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$663.09

6 Donors

-$512.50

Donations toward project cost

-$440.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$71.88

Matching donations from our partners

-$144.72

Match offers toward project cost

-$123.01

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.71

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.88

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$0.00

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